Author: Brandon Kraft
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Review: Doing Virtuous Business
I recently read Doing Virtuous Business: The Remarkable Success of Spiritual Enterprise and was disappointed. The book, by Theodore Roosevelt Malloch, had the potential to be a great work looking at the various ways businesses have been successful while still leading through an ethical and virtuous approach. I thought this could be a more business-oriented book along the…
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The Kindle
I’ve fought it for sometime. The intense desire to buy a Kindle has been nagging at me for years. I love the idea of it—a lightweight, relatively inexpensive device that makes electronic books easy. Folks have made arguments that why buy a Kindle when you can read e-books on your computer, iPod/iPhone, Android device or…
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Dell Hell
I’ve been a Dell user for years and while I’ve heard of so-called “Dell Hell” experiences, never had anything but outstanding service from them. Until now. First, it seemed that anything I purchased worked really well. My first Dell laptop, a rack server, a dozen or so desktops for work. But, anything my in-laws purchased…
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A Funeral and A Birthday
On Saturday, I started the day with a funeral and ended it with my birthday dinner. When the funeral was set for the 15th and I was asked to help organize the reception, I paused. Without question, without hesitation, Ruben’s funeral and the celebration of his life with his family and friends far, far outweighed…
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The World Is A Bit Darker Today
A close friend, Ruben Garza, passed away last night. He was 37.
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Steve Jobs, Rest In Peace
I had already heard the news via Twitter when Vanessa walked up the stairs after arriving home from work. “Have you heard?!?” Vanessa wouldn’t care about the death of the ex-CEO of Apple, so I was really curious about what would get her so animated. “Steve Jobs died!” Wait, my technologically-adverse wife, who has forbid…